Map of KW15 1QG postcode

General information
Postcode KW15 1QG
Post Town Kirkwall
Nearest station Thurso (54 km)
Bus stops
Earl Thorfinn Street (W)
Kirklands Road (NE)
St Magnus centre (SE)
Heilendi Pratice (SE)
Laverock Road (E)
Quoybanks Crescent (S)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 18 View
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 58.977676
Longitude -2.956337
Easting 345120
Northing 1010451
Grid reference HY451104
UTM reference 30V 502510 6537567
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Plus code 9CCVX2HV+3F
Altitude 32 metres (105 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:39
Sunset (today) 21:39
Distance away
Distance to sea 0.7 KMs (0.4 miles)
Administrative areas
Ward Kirkwall West and Orphir S13003152
Council Area Orkney Islands S12000023
Constituency Orkney and Shetland S14000051
MPMr Alistair CarmichaelLiberal Democrat
Police forceScotland
Water companyScottish Water
NUTS/ITL 3 Orkney Islands
NUTS/ITL 2 Highlands and Islands
NUTS/ITL 1 Scotland
Country Scotland
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Last updated May 2024
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Population (2011) 27
Households (2011) 15
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
4,412 / 6,976
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rural/urbanVery remote small town
Census output area (2011)S00126092
Lower layer super output area (2011)East Kirkwall - 01S01011823
Middle layer super output area (2011)East KirkwallS02002217
Travel to work areaOrkney IslandsS22000035
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